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jjarrett@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (James Jarrett) writes:

>My DOS manual does not mention LOADFIX, so all I have is the HELP LOADFIX
>documentation.  How does it work and why is it necessary?

LOADFIX allocates memory up to the first 64K segment, then loads your
program at that point, avoiding the problems that occur when the code
segment is below the 64K boundary.  Normally only DOS is below this
boundary, but DOS 5 can load high and thus allow programs to run there.

>Next, how can I write a program so it doesn't need LOADFIX?

You must be doing something strange to generate a program that fails.
The only problems I have heard of are a buggy version of PKLITE and an
old bug appearing in the EXEPACK module from Microsoft.  Are you linking
with the /EXEPACK (or /PACK or whatever) option on your linker?  You
might just stop using that option, and see.

A program called LOWFIX (available at Simtel-20 and other archive sites)
will patch programs to fix their problems when loading below 64K.  See
what it thinks of your program.

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